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Euro-BioImaging
AbbreviationEuro-BioImaging
Formation2019 (2019)
TypeEuropean Research Infrastructure Consortium
PurposeBiological and biomedical imaging research infrastructure
HeadquartersTurku, Finland
Locations
ServicesOpen access imaging technologies, training, image data services
Members19 members (18 countries + EMBL) as of 2024
Director General
John Eriksson
Bio-Hub Section Director
Antje Keppler
Med-Hub Section Director
Linda Chaabane
Main organ
Euro-BioImaging Board
Websitewww.eurobioimaging.eu

Euro-BioImaging is a European, publicly funded, not-for-profit research infrastructure that provides open access to biological and biomedical imaging technologies, services, and resources for researchers in Europe and internationally.[1] It is a pan-european organization with headquarters in Turku, Finland.[2]

It was established in 2019[3] as a European Research Infrastructure Consortium (ERIC)[4] and is listed as a landmark on the European Strategy Forum on Research Infrastructures (ESFRI) roadmap.[5] The infrastructure provides access to imaging facilities and expertise, training in imaging methods, and image data services.[6][1]

EuroBioImaging is part of a wider set of initiatives in the European Union aimed at improving regional capacity for research data management and for advancing the application of the FAIR principles for research data.[7][8][9]

Support of bioimaging

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Overview of Euro-BioImaging imaging technologies
Overview of technologies provided by member nodes of the consortium and their scales.

The field of bioimaging concerns itself with the imaging of biological materials using equipments including microscopes and CT-scans. The core facilities affiliated with EuroBioimaging provide public access to techniques for probing samples, including: [10][11]

The research infrastructure also provides support on sample processing, image analysis and data manegement, aligned with the FAIR principles. [12] Applications for using technologies in Euro-BioImaging facilities are open to the public and requested through an centralised online portal. [6]

Organization

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Euro-BioImaging Nodes and facilities across Europe as of December 2025

Membership and nodes

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Euro-BioImaging operates as a distributed infrastructure. Central coordination is provided by three Hub sites, while imaging services are delivered through facilities known as Nodes.[13] Nodes are present in 19 countries, and access to their services can be requested by researchers worldwide. Following an expansion in 2024 that included the addition of six new Nodes from Spain and Belgium, as well as upgrades to existing Nodes, Euro-BioImaging comprised 40 Nodes and approximately 300 facilities as of early 2026.[7]

The infrastructure is supported by 18 member states and the European Molecular Biology Laboratory (EMBL). The tripartite Hub is located in Finland (Statutory Seat), Italy (Med-Hub, for biomedical imaging), and Germany at EMBL Heidelberg (Bio-Hub, for biological imaging).[14]

Euro-BioImaging Nodes by Country[13]
Country Node
Austria Austrian BioImaging/CMI
Belgium Flanders BioImaging Imaging Node
Bulgaria Sofia BioImaging Node - Advanced Light Microscopy Node Sofia Bulgaria
Czech Republic Advanced Light and Electron Microscopy Node Prague CZ
Multimodal Imaging Node Brno
Center for Advanced Preclinical Imaging (CAPI)
Denmark Danish BioImaging Node
European Union European Molecular Biology Laboratory (EMBL) Euro-BioImaging EMBL-Node
Finland Finnish Advanced Microscopy Node
Finnish Biomedical Imaging Node
France French BioImaging Node
France Life Imaging (planned)
Hungary Cellular Imaging Hungary
Medical and Preclinical Imaging Hungary
Israel Israel BioImaging
Italy Advanced Light Microscopy Italian Node
Digital Imaging Multimodal Platform Neuromed - DIMP NEUROMED
Molecular Imaging Italian Node
Phase Contrast Imaging Flagship Node Trieste
Netherlands Advanced NL Microscopy Node (planned)
Dutch High Field Imaging Hub
Facility of Multimodal Imaging - AMMI Maastricht
Preclinical Imaging Centre (PRIME) - Molecular Imaging Dutch Node
Population Imaging Flagship Node Rotterdam
Challenges Framework Flagship Node
Norway NorMIC Oslo - Advanced Light Microscopy Node Oslo
NORMOLIM - Norwegian Molecular Imaging Infrastructure
Poland Advanced Light Microscopy Node Poland
Portugal Brain Imaging Network (BIN)
Portuguese Platform of BioImaging (PPBI)
Slovenia SiMBION Node
Spain Barcelona Live and Intravital
Barcelona Mesoscopic Imaging Node
Barcelona Super-Resolution Light and Nanoscopy Node
Bilbao Node
Madrid Advanced Microscopy Center (MAdMiC)
Smart Optical Microscopy (SOM) Node
Radiology and Medical Imaging Valencia
Sweden Swedish National Microscopy Infrastructure (NMI)
United Kingdom The UK Node

Partnerships and collaboration

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Euro-BioImaging collaborates with national imaging infrastructures, research institutions, universities, and industry partners across Europe.[15] It participates in the ERIC Forum alongside other European Research Infrastructure Consortia, and coordinates with the other Life Science Research Infrastructures.[7]

Euro-BioImaging is a founding member of Global BioImaging,[16] an international network of imaging facilities, infrastructures, and imaging communities.[17] Through Global BioImaging, Euro-BioImaging has established collaborative relationships with imaging infrastructures in Australia, Canada, India, Japan, Singapore, Uruguay, and other regions.[7]

The Euro-BioImaging Industry Board (EBIB) was established in 2014 to facilitate collaboration between the life sciences industry and academic research.[18] According to Euro-BioImaging, the EBIB's objectives include promoting cross-sector collaboration, facilitating communication between technology providers and users, and supporting technology development and testing at Euro-BioImaging Nodes.[18]

Research and funded projects

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Euro-BioImaging has received support from the European Comission via Horizon Europe projects, which provide funding for user access at Nodes, development of image data services, and technology development.[19] The funding included support for the projects AI4Life,[20][21] ISIDORe,[22][23] AgroServ,[24] ILLUMINATE,[25] RE-IMAGINE-CROPS,[26] and foundingGIDE.[27]

Research conducted at Euro-BioImaging Nodes spans areas including infectious disease, neuroscience, and cancer. Euro-BioImaging has been described in published research as a key infrastructure supporting cancer imaging research in Europe.[28] [29][30][31]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ a b Pfander, C.; Vonesch, S.; et al. (2022). "Euro-BioImaging: Research infrastructure for biological and biomedical imaging". iScience. 25 (2) 103898. doi:10.1016/j.isci.2022.103898. PMC 8819024. PMID 35146400.
  2. ^ Mäntylä, Elina. "Euro-BioImaging: Rajoja Rikkovaa Biokuvantamista". Finnish Journal for Cell Biology (Solubiologi) (in Finnish). Retrieved 2026-06-30.
  3. ^ "Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2019/1854 setting up Euro-BioImaging ERIC". Official Journal of the European Union. 2019.
  4. ^ "European Research Infrastructures: ERIC". European Commission. 25 June 2025. Retrieved 8 May 2026.
  5. ^ "Euro-BioImaging ERIC — ESFRI Roadmap 2021". ESFRI.
  6. ^ a b "Euro-BioImaging". Euro-BioImaging ERIC. Retrieved 8 May 2026.
  7. ^ a b c d "2024 Annual Report" (PDF). Euro-BioImaging ERIC. 2024.
  8. ^ Winter, S.L.; Moore, J.; Tavares, A.A.S.; et al. (2025). "A global effort toward standards for data sharing in biomedical imaging". Journal of Cell Science. 27 (1): 10–14. doi:10.1038/s44319-025-00652-w. PMC 12796427. PMID 41339758.
  9. ^ Bajcsy, P.; Bhattiprolu, S.; Börner, K.; et al. (2025). "Enabling global image data sharing in the life sciences". Nature Methods. 22 (4): 672–676. doi:10.1038/s41592-024-02585-z. PMC 12617600. PMID 40155720.
  10. ^ "Cutting-edge imaging for everyone, everywhere". Wiley Analytical Science. March 2024. Retrieved 8 May 2026.
  11. ^ Bischof, J.; Fletcher, G.; Verkade, P.; et al. (2024). "Multimodal bioimaging across disciplines and scales: challenges, opportunities and breaking down barriers". npj Imaging. 2 (1) 5. doi:10.1038/s44303-024-00010-w. PMC 12118647. PMID 40603654.
  12. ^ Kemmer, I.; Keppler, A.; Serrano-Solano, B.; et al. (2023). "Building a FAIR image data ecosystem for microscopy communities". Histochemistry and Cell Biology. 160 (3): 199–209. doi:10.1007/s00418-023-02203-7. PMC 10492678. PMID 37341795.
  13. ^ a b "Our Nodes". Euro-BioImaging ERIC. Retrieved 8 May 2026.
  14. ^ "Euro-BioImaging ERIC Statutes" (PDF). Euro-BioImaging ERIC. December 2023.
  15. ^ "Euro-BioImaging Strategic Plan 2024-2028". Euro-BioImaging ERIC.
  16. ^ "Global network of research infrastructures promotes bioimaging". European Commission. December 2015. Retrieved 8 May 2026.
  17. ^ "Global BioImaging: An International Network of Imaging Scientists". Analytical Scientist.
  18. ^ a b "Industry Board". Euro-BioImaging ERIC. Retrieved 5 May 2026.
  19. ^ "Euro-BioImaging in Turku secures major EU funding — Turku emerging as a European hub". University of Turku.
  20. ^ "AI4Life". Euro-BioImaging ERIC.
  21. ^ "AI4Life: A European Success for Artificial Intelligence in the Life Sciences". Human Technopole. 21 January 2026.
  22. ^ "ISIDORe". ISIDORe Project.
  23. ^ "ISIDORe: Integrated Services for Infectious Disease Outbreak Research". FEBS Network. 10 January 2023.
  24. ^ "AgroServ". AgroServ.
  25. ^ "ILLUMINATE". ILLUMINATE Project.
  26. ^ "RE-IMAGINE-CROPS". Euro-BioImaging ERIC.
  27. ^ "foundingGIDE". Euro-BioImaging ERIC.
  28. ^ Martí-Bonmatí, L.; Blanquer, I.; Tsiknakis, M.; et al. (2025). "Empowering cancer research in Europe: the EUCAIM cancer imaging infrastructure". Insights into Imaging. 16 (1) 47. doi:10.1186/s13244-025-01913-x. PMC 11850660. PMID 39992532.
  29. ^ "Pulmonary phase contrast CT imaging: A novel setup at the Italian Synchrotron for the study of fresh lungs at the human scale". European Respiratory Journal. 63 (3). 2024.
  30. ^ Dembitskaya, Y.; Boyce, A.K.J.; Idziak, A.; et al. (2023). "Shadow imaging for panoptical visualization of brain tissue in vivo". Nature Communications. 14 (1) 6411. Bibcode:2023NatCo..14.6411D. doi:10.1038/s41467-023-42055-2. PMC 10570379. PMID 37828018.
  31. ^ McGrail, J. P.; Mondolfi, A. P.; Ramírez, J. D.; Vidal, S.; García-Sastre, A.; Palacios, G.; Sanchez-Seco, M. P.; Guerra, S. (2024). "Comparative Analysis of 2022 Outbreak MPXV and Previous Clade II MPXV". Journal of Medical Virology. 96 (11) e70023. doi:10.1002/jmv.70023. PMC 11600476. PMID 39466906.
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